This song, especially its chorus, is absolutely charming. Imagining this other, bright world leaves me with a smile. Although, actually, the story of the man who has been to a better world and now is forced to live again in ours, not even being able to talk about what he's seen, is quite sad.
We know he has been abducted by aliens because Tony Banks said so in one or more interviews. The lyrics themselves don't reveal this, I think.
@WhiteWolfDief Once you've seen that city of light, you can't describe it where folks will believe you, this song is the aftermath of Trick of the Tail..."am I wrong to believe in the city of gold, that lies in the deep distance"...I've personally had these feelings..lived in a place where people were unafraid and lived a happy life to the fullest..no one believes you can have happiness in life..Phil explained it on the ABACAB tour, twas alien abduction and revelation.
@WhiteWolfDief Once you've seen that city of light, you can't describe it where folks will believe you, this song is the aftermath of Trick of the Tail..."am I wrong to believe in the city of gold, that lies in the deep distance"...I've personally had these feelings..lived in a place where people were unafraid and lived a happy life to the fullest..no one believes you can have happiness in life..Phil explained it on the ABACAB tour, twas alien abduction and revelation.
This song, especially its chorus, is absolutely charming. Imagining this other, bright world leaves me with a smile. Although, actually, the story of the man who has been to a better world and now is forced to live again in ours, not even being able to talk about what he's seen, is quite sad.
We know he has been abducted by aliens because Tony Banks said so in one or more interviews. The lyrics themselves don't reveal this, I think.
@WhiteWolfDief Once you've seen that city of light, you can't describe it where folks will believe you, this song is the aftermath of Trick of the Tail..."am I wrong to believe in the city of gold, that lies in the deep distance"...I've personally had these feelings..lived in a place where people were unafraid and lived a happy life to the fullest..no one believes you can have happiness in life..Phil explained it on the ABACAB tour, twas alien abduction and revelation.
@WhiteWolfDief Once you've seen that city of light, you can't describe it where folks will believe you, this song is the aftermath of Trick of the Tail..."am I wrong to believe in the city of gold, that lies in the deep distance"...I've personally had these feelings..lived in a place where people were unafraid and lived a happy life to the fullest..no one believes you can have happiness in life..Phil explained it on the ABACAB tour, twas alien abduction and revelation.